Movies Released December 25, 2012

Tuesday, December 25

159 mins

Les Misérables PG-13

A film adaptation of the popular stage play, which chronicles the lives of five characters through nearly two decades in France. Ex-con Jean Valjean tries to outrun his relentless pursuer Javert.
Hugh Jackman, Amanda Seyfried, Eddie Redmayne, Cameron Mackintosh, Russell Crowe, Samantha Barks, Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner
Adaptation Musical Based on Play
141 mins

Django Unchained

Django is a freed slave, who, under the tutelage of a German bounty hunter, becomes a bad-ass bounty hunter himself. After taking down some bad guys for profit, they track down Django's slave wife and liberate her from an evil plantation owner.
John Jarratt, Leonardo DiCaprio, Jamie Foxx, Samuel L. Jackson, Todd Allen, Christoph Waltz, Don Johnson, RZA
Drama Western

Parental Guidance PG

Billy Crystal will play a grandfather forced to take care of his three grandchildren by the 21st century rules of his daughter, their mother, who has gone on a weeklong work vacation. In the process, he is confronted with what seems to him an absurd world of negotiating with kids, Little League games where everyone gets a hit, tailored meals and "feelings." Ultimately, he reverts to an old-school-justice style of discipline.
Billy Crystal, Peter Chernin, Joe Syracuse, Lisa Addario, Lowell Ganz, Andy Fickman, Dylan Clark, Babaloo Mandel
Drama Comedy Family
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West of Memphis

Starting with a searing examination of the police investigation into the 1993 murders of three, eight year old boys Christopher Byers, Steven Branch and Michael Moore in the small town of West Memphis, Arkansas, the film reveals the story from the inside. West of Memphis uncovers new evidence surrounding the arrest and conviction of the other three victims of this shocking crime – Damien Echols, Jason Baldwin and Jessie Misskelley; all three of whom were teenagers at the time of their arrests and all three of whom were imprisoned for crimes they did not commit.
Amy Berg, Ken Kamins, Damien Echols, Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh
Documentary

Tuesday, December 25